Tom Lombardo Poetry Selections
Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor
Poetry Series Editor Tom Lombardo has been finding and sharing remarkable voices with Press 53 readers since January 2009. Tom actively reads journals, magazines, ezines, and anthologies in search of poets to bring to Press 53 by way of his poetry series, Tom Lombardo Poetry Selections. Tom is also the sole reader and judge for Press 53’s annual manuscript competition, the Press 53 Award for Poetry. Tom is a widely published and respected poet, and is a graduate of the MFA program at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has published two collections of his own poetry: What Bends Us Blue (WordTech, 2013) and The Name of This Game (Kattywompus Press, 2014). In 2008, Tom edited and published After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events, which features 152 poems by 115 poets from fifteen countries.
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-0981635408
9 x 6 softcover, 390 pages
by Shivani Mehta
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
Publication date: March 27, 2025 (AWP Booth 1118)
Pre-Orders ship late-February
ISBN: 978-1-950413-92-8
9 × 6 softcover, 76 pages
by Kathleen McGookey
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
Publication date: October 15, 2024
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ISBN 978-1-950413-86-7
9 x 6 softcover, 78 pages
by Sara Ries Dziekonski
Runner-up, 2024 Press 53 Award for Poetry
ISBN: 978-1-950413-80-5
9 x 6 softcover, 110 pages
by Lou Ella Hickman
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
Publication date: October 4
Pre-Orders ship late-September
ISBN 978-1-950413-87-4
8 x 5.25 softcover, approx 64 pages
by Jackie Craven
Winner of the 2024 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN: 978-1-950413-78-2
9 x 6 softcover, 84 pages
by Susan F. Blair
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-950413-68-3
9 x 6 softcover, 86 pages
Winner of the 2023 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN: 978-1-950413-60-7
9 x 6 softcover, 74 pages
